Mac Desktop notes

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[edit] To copy SSH keys to a thumbdrive:

1. Open a terminal
2. Insert your key drive
3. In the terminal, use the Tab key to complete paths for copying. Copy:
   • cp .ssh/id_rsa* /Volumes/(Keydrive name)/

[edit] To copy SSH keys from a thumbdrive

1. Open a terminal
2. Insert your key drive
3. If you haven't used SSH on this computer, ssh somewhere valid to create the .ssh directory and get some stuff in there: ssh somewhere.com, "yes" to accept the host key.
4. Copy the keys to the .ssh directory:
   • cp /Volumes/(Keydrive name)/id_rsa* .ssh/